A UW-University of British Columbia Collaborative Research Awards program has been established to provide a pilot fund that facilitates research collaborations between the two universities. The objectives of this Inter-institutional Collaborative Research Award are to:

• initiate new and strengthen existing research collaborations;
• enable access to unique infrastructure and core facilities; and
• provide collaborative training opportunities.

This pilot fund will support activities that establish or enrich research partnerships between faculty at the two institutions. Activities might include project coordination and grant writing, joint-workshops, student exchanges, and research meetings. The expectation is that activities could lead to leveraged funding, joint scholarly/research outputs, and enhanced collaborative training.  Funding cannot be used to support research per se.

The total funding available for this competition is $100,000 CAD from UBC and $75,000 USD from UW. The maximum value of each grant will be $20,000CAD, or $15,000 USD.

Researchers are invited to submit a proposal up to 3 pages (free-form), plus the Budget/ justification template, and 2-page abbreviated CV from the lead PI at each institution. Proposals must be submitted by 5:00 pm February 10, 2020.  For further details of the program please see:  https://www.washington.edu/research/resources/funding-opportunities/collaborative-research-mobility-award/

Health and Aging Policy Fellows: The Health and Aging Policy Fellows Program provides a unique opportunity for professionals in health and aging to gain the experience and skills necessary to make a positive contribution to the development and implementation of health policies that affect older Americans. It features residential, non-residential, and other ‘tracks’ for fellows at all stages of their career.  To learn more, visit their website: https://www.healthandagingpolicy.org/. Because institutional support is encouraged for more senior fellows, these are well-suited for sabbatical years.

2020 Fellowship with the Office of Evaluation Sciences at GSA in District of Columbia. Team members work alongside agency collaborators to apply behavioral insights, make concrete recommendations on how to improve government, and evaluate impact using administrative data.  One year fellowships begin in Fall 2020.  Read more about it here at the link below. 

The Office of Fellowships and Awards is offering workshops on various aspects of applying for fellowships:

How Do I Find Fellowships?
Seattle // Allen Library Research Commons, Red A // Thursday, Nov. 21 // 1:30 p.m. (If possible, bring your laptop!)

To attend online, register in advance at: https://washington.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Z5aurj_yTQy6kLAoCTkDbQ

International Research & Study Fellowships
Location TBD, check website // Friday, Dec. 6 //12:30 p.m.

Writing Statements for Fellowship Applications
Savery 164 // Wednesday, December 11 // 12:30 p.m.

Can I Ask Again?: Common Questions about Recommendations
Location TBD, check website // Thursday, January 09 // 12:30 p.m.

Questions?  Contact the Graduate School Office of Fellowships & Awards at gradappt@uw.edu or 206-543-7152

Are you a social scientist interested in learning the biomedical foundations of Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias? Apply to a 1-day program sponsored by the University of Southern California and funded by National Institute on Aging. Program covers travel and hotel for participants from outside the LA area. Applications due Dec 20 2019. Program held April 14, 2020. More information here: https://healthpolicy.usc.edu/science-of-adrd-for-social-scientists-online-registration-form/

Call for pilot proposals: The Carolina Center on Alzheimer’s Disease and Minority Research (CCADMR) is accepting applications for pilot projects from investigators who will also become RCMAR Scientists. Primary investigators must have appointments at Allen University (Allen), Claflin University (Claflin), Clemson University (Clemson), the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC), South Carolina State University (SCSU), or the University of South Carolina (UofSC). Investigations should propose using secondary datasets for research on the sociocultural, behavioral, and environmental determinants of ADRD health disparities. For details about datasets and other information go to https://rcmar.org/ccadmr-call-for-proposals-nov2019-final-3/, Applications due 2/15/2020.

NIH Interest in Long-term Maintenance of Behavior Change Research:  NIH seeks to encourage research into maintenance of health behavior change. Many FOAs state the importance of the maintenance of behavior change, and request research projects that aim to promote long-term behavior change. Nevertheless, much more research is needed on how best to promote the maintenance of behavior change, particularly given mounting evidence that the mechanisms underlying the initiation of behavior change are not synonymous with those underlying the maintenance of behavior change. Testing for behavior change maintenance often requires longer-term follow-up than what is achievable within a single NIH R01 grant timeframe. The NIH Institutes, Centers, and Offices (ICOs) listed on this notice are expressly interested in competitive renewal (type 2) applications that propose continued research with participants from a previously-funded behavioral intervention to see if and how behaviors were maintained. Ideas for unique approaches using other types of NIH research mechanisms are welcome. Regardless of NIH funding mechanism, applicants are encouraged to explore, for example: What types of behaviors were maintained; Why the behavior(s) were or were not maintained; and What intermediate behavior-related changes emerged, to name a few ideas.  For more information, read: https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-19-040.html.

The EarthLab Innovation Grants Program seeks to invest in teams of University of Washington researchers, students and non-academic partners developing innovative solutions to pressing environmental challenges.

The program will award up to $300,000 to 4-6 projects that address pressing environmental challenges. Funding is intended to support new partnerships that are led by and with those most impacted by a particular environmental challenge, seek to co-define research priorities from multiple perspectives, and generate actionable science and knowledge (i.e., research that is usable and used). Those most impacted may refer to the people, communities, municipalities (e.g., a city planning for sea level rise), industries (e.g., agricultural industry facing increased flooding or drought), or other entities directly affected by an environmental challenge.

Pressing environmental challenges might include, for example: the effects of climate change on people and ecosystems, such as ocean acidification, increased food insecurity, and displacement due to sea level rise; environmental pollution or hazards disproportionately affecting Indigenous communities, communities of color and low-income communities; the impacts of nature and the built environment on human health; the effects of reduced biodiversity on ecosystems and human well-being; and more.

Project teams must include at least one non-academic partner (for example, a Tribe, a community-led organization, a non-governmental organization, a city, state or federal agency, or a business); a minimum of two University of Washington researchers from different disciplines; and at least one University of Washington undergraduate or graduate student or postdoc.

For questions or assistance with the application process, please contact us at elgrants@uw.edu.

Letters of Intent are due January 10, 2020 by 5pm PDT.

2020 Request for Proposals (RFP) is now open! You can view the RFP below.

The second international conference on Big Data Meets Survey Science (BigSurv20) is currently accepting abstracts and session proposals on the theme, “Continuing to Explore New Statistical Frontiers at the Intersection of Big Data and Survey Science.” The call for abstracts and session proposals closes on February 13, 2020. 

 BigSurv20 Overview: BigSurv20 will be held November 4-6, 2020, at Utrecht University, in Utrecht, The Netherlands. The conference offers an opportunity to address the ongoing paradigm shift in how researchers produce, analyze, and use statistics. The event is intended to foster communication, collaboration, and understanding between two groups: (1) computer and data scientists focusing on Big Data sources and analysis techniques, and (2) methodologists and social science researchers working with traditional sources of data collection and statistical analyses. By uniting efforts, we can identify and overcome academic divides and make unified “Big Survey Data” population inference a reality. Utrecht is located a convenient 25-minute train ride from Amsterdam airport, and has excellent train connections to the rest of Europe. 

Abstract Information: To be considered for the conference, presentations and papers should be broad and forward-looking; they may be original research or syntheses of the state of the art. The conference is organized along 12 presentation tracks.